11-letter words containing po
- aposiopeses — Plural form of aposiopesis.
- aposiopesis — the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue
- aposiopetic — Of or pertaining to aposiopesis.
- apostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of apostatize.
- apostlebird — an omnivorous bird, Struthidea cinerea, of eastern Australia, that has chiefly dark gray-brown plumage with white tail markings and is noted for its habit of traveling in groups of about 12 related individuals.
- apostleship — the position or duty of an apostle
- apostolates — Plural form of apostolate.
- apostolical — Apostolic.
- apostrophes — Plural form of apostrophe.
- apostrophic — a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?”.
- apostrophus — a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers
- apotheosise — Alternative spelling of apotheosize.
- apotheosize — to deify
- apotropaism — the use of ritual or magic to ward off evil or bad luck
- appointable — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- appointment — The appointment of a person to a particular job is the choice of that person to do it.
- apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- apportioner — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- appositions — Plural form of apposition.
- appositives — Plural form of appositive.
- ars poetica — the art of poetry
- arte povera — a style of minimal art originating in Italy in the late 1960s, making use of cheap and commonly available materials such as stones, newspapers etc
- arthropodan — relating to arthropods
- arthrospore — a sporelike cell of ascomycetous fungi and some algae produced by a breaking of the hyphae
- asportation — the removal or taking away of something
- at gunpoint — If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.
- autopoiesis — Self creation; self organization.
- autopotamic — (of an organism) living or growing only in flowing freshwater streams.
- avoirdupois — a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton
- barber pole — a pole with spiral stripes of red and white, used as a symbol of the barber's trade
- basis point — In finance, a basis point is one hundredth of a per cent (.01%).
- bastard pop — a type of popular music in which two records, usually from different genres or eras, are blended together into a whole, often using the vocal performance from one and the instrumental from the other
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- beam weapon — a laser-beam or particle-beam weapon.
- beauty spot — A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- berry spoon — a small spoon, especially of the late 18th century, having a perforated bowl.
- bibliopolic — relating to bibliopoles
- bicomponent — a fibre composed of two compounds
- bicorporate — having two bodies
- black power — a social, economic, and political movement of Black people, esp in the US, to obtain equality with White people
- blastospore — a spore formed by budding, as in certain fungi
- blood sport — Blood sports are sports such as hunting in which animals are killed.
- bonus point — an additional point in a game, a sporting competition, or any similar scheme in which points can be awarded
- boot polish — a resistant polish specially formulated to protect boots of various kinds
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- brood pouch — a pouch or cavity in certain animals, such as frogs and fishes, in which their eggs develop and hatch
- brown pound — the perceived purchasing power of Britain’s Black and Asian minorities as a group
- brushpopper — a cowboy, especially one who works in the brush.